P.O.D.

P.O.D. or Payable On Death, is an American heavy metal formed in 1992 by Marcos Curiel and Wuv Bernardo which was engaged in jam sessions in a band called Eschatos, without a vocalist sometime in the early 1990s. After his mother’s fatal illness, Sonny Sandoval converted to Christianity and was asked by his cousin, Wuv Bernardo, to join P.O.D. as a way to keep his mind straight as mentioned on their DVD, Still Payin’ Dues. Traa Daniels joined the band in 1994 when they needed a bassist for a concert, to replace Gabe Portillo, who appeared in the original demo tape.

They have released seven studio albums and have sold over nine million records worldwide. Over the course of their career, the band have also received six Grammy Award nominations, made numerous motion picture soundtracks and toured internationally. With their third studio album, The Fundamental Elements of Southtown, they achieved their initial mainstream success; the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album, Satellite, continued the band’s success with the hit singles, “Alive” and “Youth of the Nation”, pushing it to go 3x platinum.